{"product_id":"9781859845462-revolution-at-the-gates-zizek-on-lenin-the-1917-writings","title":"Lenin V I - Revolution At The Gates Zizek On Lenin: The 1917 Writings - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: The idea of a Lenin renaissance might well provoke an outburst of sarcastic laughter. Marx is OK but Lenin? Doesn t he stand for the big catastrophe which left its mark on the entire twentieth - century? Lenin however deserves wider consideration than this and his writings of 1917 are testament to a formidable political figure. They reveal his ability to grasp the significance of an extraordinary moment in history. Everything is here from Lenin - the - ingenious - revolutionary - strategist to Lenin - of - the - enacted - utopia. To use Kierkegaard's phrase what we can glimpse in these writings is Lenin - in - becoming: not yet Lenin - the - Soviet - institution but Lenin thrown into an open contingent situation. In Revolution at the Gates Slavoj i ek locates the 1917 writings in their historical context while his afterword tackles the key question of whether Lenin can be reinvented in our era of cultural capitalism. i ek is convinced that whatever the discussion the forthcoming crisis of capitalism the possibility of a redemptive violence the falsity of liberal tolerance Lenin's time has come again.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Revolution At The Gates Zizek On Lenin: The 1917 Writings\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Lenin V I, Slavoj Zizek\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Verso Books\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781859845462\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 354 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 6\/17\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Marxism \u0026amp; Communism","brand":"Lenin V I","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49626001310001,"sku":"IN-G-9781859845462","price":24.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781859845462.jpg?v=1724910165","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781859845462-revolution-at-the-gates-zizek-on-lenin-the-1917-writings","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}